The explosion of interest in the gothic in recent years has coincided with a number of seismic political changes that have reshaped the world as we know it. Neoliberal Gothic explores that world, considering the ways in which the exponential increase in the cultural visibility of the gothic attests to the mode's engagement with the most significant dynamics of our age. These include the triumph of free market economics, the revolution in information and communication technologies, the emergence of global biotechnologies, the increasing power of transnational corporations, the US-led 'War on Terror' and the global financial crisis of 2008.

Through analysis of texts drawn from literature, film, television, theatre and the visual arts (from the Europe to South East Asia, Africa to North and South America) the collection examines the ways in which the representational strategies of the gothic mode are ideally suited to an exploration of the dark side of neoliberal enterprise.

About the Author

Linnie Blake is Head of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies, Pathway Leader for the MA English: Gothic Studies and Principal Lecturer in Film at Manchester Metropolitan University

Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet is Professor of American Literature at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Reviews

'This collection of essays is an indispensable addition to twenty-first-century criticism on the Gothic, a criticism that is showing an increasing interest in texts created worldwide.'
Journal of the fantastic in the arts

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Book Information
ISBN 9781526113443
Author Linnie Blake
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Weight(grams) 426g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 14mm